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Huysmans, Jacob
(Encyclopedia) Huysmans, JacobHuysmans, Jacobyäˈkōp [key]Huysmans, Jacob hoisˈmäns [key], c.1633–1696, Flemish portrait painter. In the reign of Charles II he settled in England, where he became one…Clive, Kitty
(Encyclopedia) Clive, Kitty (Catherine Raftor), 1711–85, English singer and actress. She made her debut (c.1728) at Drury Lane under the management of Colley Cibber and worked for many years with…Derzhavin, Gavril Romanovich
(Encyclopedia) Derzhavin, Gavril RomanovichDerzhavin, Gavril Romanovichgəvrēlˈ rəmäˈnəvĭch dyĭrzhäˈvĭn [key], 1743–1816, Russian classical poet. His satirical ode to Catherine II, Felitsa (1782), won…Tassie, James
(Encyclopedia) Tassie, James, 1735–99, Scottish gem engraver and modeler. At first a stonemason, he went to Dublin, where he assisted the gem engraver Dr. Henry Quin. With him Tassie invented an…Paisiello, Giovanni
(Encyclopedia) Paisiello, GiovanniPaisiello, Giovannijōvänˈnē päēzyĕlˈlō [key], 1740–1816, Italian composer. Paisiello served in St. Petersburg at the court of Catherine II from 1776 to 1784. He was…Krasnodar
(Encyclopedia) KrasnodarKrasnodarkrəsˌnədärˈ [key], city (1989 pop. 621,000), capital of Krasnodar Territory, SE European Russia, on the Kuban River. A river port and railroad junction, it has…Ribe
(Encyclopedia) RibeRiberēˈbə [key], city (1992 pop. 7,892), capital of Ribe co., SW Denmark, on the Ribe River. One of the oldest cities of Denmark, Ribe was mentioned in the 9th cent. and became an…Gregory XI
(Encyclopedia) Gregory XI, 1330–78, pope (1370–78), a Frenchman named Pierre Roger de Beaufort. He was the successor of Urban V, who had made an unsuccessful attempt to remove the papacy from Avignon…Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin von
(Encyclopedia) Tischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin vonTischendorf, Lobegott Friedrich Konstantin vonlōˈbəgôt frēˈdrĭkh kônˈstäntēn fən tĭshˈəndôrf [key], 1815–74, German biblical critic. In…Stafford, Jean
(Encyclopedia) Stafford, Jean, 1915–79, American writer, b. Covina, Calif., grad. Univ. of Colorado, 1936. Her literary reputation rests primarily on her exquisitely wrought short stories. Both these…Trending
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